Ayer's Gap Falls & Ayers Gap Preserve Viewpoint is a 1.2-mile out-and-back in Ayers Gap Preserve near North Franklin, CT. The route passes Ayers Gap Preserve Viewpoint and Ayer's Gap Falls before reaching Ayer's Gap Falls at the turnaround, 0.7 miles in. It climbs 439 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi157 – 420 ft · steepest grade: 28%1.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.63386, -72.13869
Nearest town North Franklin, CT
Directions
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Ayer's Gap Falls & Ayers Gap Preserve Viewpoint
1.2 mi · ▲ 439 ft · 37 min
Elevation 156–421 ft
Out & Back · Ayers Gap Preserve
Trailhead: 41.63386, -72.13869
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Ayers Gap Preserve Viewpoint.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Ayer's Gap Falls.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Ayer's Gap Falls.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:51 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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